#typewriterrevolution

[ironfoxtypewriters]

Just when I thought it was over, they pulled me back in! Some weeks back I was contacted by editors at @paolalanemag regarding my #Hanxtypewriter . They were pooling stories from recipients and were asking permission to add mine to their list for their next issue. I sent them some photos and some copy thinking I'd just be a face on the crowd and happy to be included (as I've been throughout this whole experience). Then I received a copy of the issue and I was absolutely shocked at just how much of my submission they used. Full disclosure: I had only heard faint rumblings of this publication prior to being contacted and had done some satisfactory research before agreeing to participate, however I was not fully prepared for what I received in the mail...

I am a 41 year old man and can remember the last "big stand" in the production of high quality magazines, and the subsequent fall from grace as the content became more accessible by being published online as the Internet took root in households worldwide. You saw thick, glossy magazines with great artwork and interesting articles backslide into Sunday circular advertising inserts printed on matte newsprint and containing more ads than actual content (I'm firing shots at you Rolling Stone).

So imagine my surprise when I opened the mailer to see a magazine who's overall quality seemed delived directly from the golden age of quality publication. The cover was thick and glossy like photos you just picked up from the 1 hour kiosk in the parking lot of your local shopping center. The inside was brimming with content written by and about makers tending the flames of their passion through their small businesses. I am thoroughly impressed by small production magazines like Paola Lane and @soupcanmagazine and urge everyone to dig deep and support these publications so that they can continue to raise the bar for what the arts can be!

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[mrmrsvintagetypewriters]

🧡 Type your worries away 🧡 #mrmrsvintagetypewriters #typewriter #orange #stayhome #uk #staysafe #type #typewritersofinstagram #typewriterrevolution #tuesdaymotivation #bright #brightcolors #artdeco #decor #decoration #homeschool #workfromhome #write #type #ideas #idea #express #expressyourself #expressions https://www.instagram.com/p/B-aMRSeF33D/?igshid=c9vhouwvine0

[sketch74]

"I had an old typewriter and a big idea." - J.K. Rowling 1950s Underwwod De Luxe Quiet Tab Typewriter. #typewriter #typewriteraddict #vintagetypewriter #blackandwhite #underwoodtypewriter #typewriterpoetry #typewriterrevolution #manualmachinist #mechanicalkeyboards #instagood #instalife #instatype #tuxedomodel #manualtypewriter #jkrowlingquotes #bnw_daily #antiques #monochrome https://www.instagram.com/p/BzbCfSrnvpo/?igshid=1p3yr1b13a41d

[analogguyinadigitalage]

Favorite way to spend a snowy day off? Writing of course! #author #writer #smithcoronasilent #typewriter #typewriters #typewriterrevolution (at Stephentown, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/BuBsmT2DUlT/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1ugf6f7m09a3m

[andreapiovanni]

My Olivetti’s

[mikedunbar]

My baby / Olympia SM 7 Deluxe - Nashville, TN

[darinboville]

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Detail from my Typewriter project. #typewriter #typewriterrevolution #data #art #videoart #video #artphotography #artmusem #artgallery #artcollector #artistsoninstagram #artoftheday #frankherbert #dune

[ironfoxtypewriters]

Freshly Serviced: I was contacted by a man who has had this 1936 Royal Deluxe in his family since it was manufactured. It had originally belonged to his grandfather and was passed down to his father, then to him and now he intends to pass it down to his adult son who is fresh off the picket line from the writers strike out in LA. It is my firmly held belief that of the MANY things that typewriters can be, one of the most fulfilling functions they can serve as is multi-faceted generational wealth. They represent the power and the gift to create in analog.

And since I'm a sucker for a good story I agreed to clean and service this old beauty so that a TV & Film writer could make it sing again. Due to its age and the fantastic shape of the crinkle coating on the paint I took it slow with this one so as not to disturb any of the well preserved aspects while bringing the duller ones back to life. It needed some little things here and there, along the way someone must have been a night owl and removed the spring for the bell and bent the trip mechanism to ensure that it wouldn't ring. After replacing the spring and reforming the trip this machine is back to singing the song of its people.

I love these old Royal "A" and "O" models because the style can't be beat. Both the slick bodied paint and the crinkle paint are equally appealing when bound in the chrome plates trim. I believe these models were the high water mark for Royal typewriters with regard to producing machines of timeless aesthetic, particularly in a time where the United States hadn't even pulled itself out of the great depression.

If you don't currently own one of these and you're in the market for some eye candy you could do a whole lot worse than a Royal Deluxe "O" or "A" model.